noun
ceremony honoring ancestral spirits; Bon festival
Refers to rituals for ancestral spirits, especially during the Bon festival (盂蘭盆). The reading たままつり is specific to this context; compare 霊祭 (れいさい).
お盆には魂祭りを行います。
We hold a ceremony for ancestral spirits during the Bon festival.
Variant using 霊 for 'spirit'.
Compound of 魂 (たま, 'spirit') + 祭り (まつり, 'festival'). The reading たま is an older form of たましい (魂).